Data professionals discuss AI anxiety, job security, and the future of tech careers at Data Day Texas 2025.
A software engineer shares their experience starting a new role as a Senior Product Engineer at PostHog, an open-source analytics platform.
A tech professional reflects on the nonlinear nature of tech careers, arguing that moving away from management back to an IC role can be a form of success.
Advises unemployed tech professionals to build projects and blog publicly to showcase skills and subtly signal job availability on social media.
Compares the pros and cons of working at startups versus large tech companies, focusing on culture, work style, and career growth.
Analyzes the tech industry's talent retention strategies, using Google's $2.7B re-hire as a starting point, and argues for moving beyond bidding wars.
A developer shares how a single blog post about a Laracasts video led to a job at Spatie and eventually a role as a PHP Developer Advocate at JetBrains.
Explores how senior engineers must shift from assigned tasks to self-managing a complex mix of projects, tasks, and priorities.
A developer shares a curated list of influential tech articles that shaped their career, covering topics like technology choice, productivity, and engineering culture.
Explores the personal and professional growth from transitioning to an engineering manager role, challenging past biases against management.
A comprehensive guide listing 76 essential technical and soft skills for software engineers to learn in 2023 to advance their careers.
Author shares how following curiosity in writing and tech led to writing a machine learning book, promotions, and career growth.
A guide for tech professionals on strategically negotiating with employers by understanding financial leverage and corporate weak points.
A senior engineer shares advice on driving technical change and influencing teams without formal authority, based on a conference talk Q&A.
A senior engineer shares notes and strategies for tackling system design interviews, focusing on clarifying requirements and core concepts.
Senior tech leaders emphasize that taking responsibility and learning from failures are the only things that matter when things go wrong.
A software engineer reflects on the changing nature of satisfaction and progress as career goals become more complex and long-term.
A comprehensive guide for aspiring tech conference speakers, covering proposal writing, preparation, slides, demos, and networking benefits.
The article discusses building a 'personal board of directors' for career mentorship in tech, advocating for diverse advice sources over a single mentor.
Discusses the inconsistency of engineering titles like Senior and Staff across companies, and why achievements matter more than titles.
